Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

elizabethmoser80 Well I just finished the 1st season in two days. I was so enthralled. This series has given me the bug to do some interesting research. The characters were so individualised, & this is what brought it all together. The scenery superb. Direction spot on. I am fasinated by American History & this show does it justice. Enjoy.

idoubt_zr4_ithink Hard to find a likable character after watching the 1st season. Maybe this makes it "more realistic" but as a viewer is hard to immerse in a story where everybody (relevant) is that deeply flawed. Now, about the age of Brosnan's character: I doubt the producers "didn't do the math", as it has been claimed in some other reviews. Yes, if the young Eli was (at least) 15 in 1849, he should be 81 in 1915. Certainly 1915's Eli, ridding horses, shooting, getting shot, etc. doesn't look like 81 years of age. I mean, it's quite a stretch. It's impossible.So, in the spirit of Conan Doyle's: "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." I'm going to assume from now on that the two Eli's are different persons.I'm speculating young Eli and old Eli..are not one and the same character. Maybe young Eli is old Eli's father. After all, on the brink of death a vision inviting you to cross the boundary into the "other World" is ...yourself but younger? Mm-nope. It's probably somebody else you knew and loved. Who is now dead. Hence ...there are two distinct Eli's. Which, of course, explains the age issue. I guess, we'll see. If it turns out we're supposed to suspend disbelief on this age issue I won't be able to take AMC seriously anymore.

3698s . I really did not want to become involved in another AMC show. However since Hell on Wheels finished its run and enjoying Westerns I decided to give The Son a chance. This is an excellent western well written and acted. Pierce Brosnan and cast are outstanding. Although the western frontier was considered "closed" in 1890 there seems to be issues that need to be settled even in 1915. I look forward to seeing how this series goes forward. Although Gunsmoke & earlier TV westerns were good drama The Son takes the Western to another level. At times brutal unflinching and unvarnished The Son probably presents a better idea of what the old West was really like. I enjoy the juxtaposition shown between the young Eli and the 1915 Eli. This isn't Dallas and with all due respect to the late Larry Hagman as good as he was in the role of JR Ewing, Pierce Brosnan's Eli would give JR a real run for the money.

Michael Weerasinghe Unless "young Eli" is actually Eli's father I can't see the time-line fitting? Did they just think the viewers would not give a #¤%# that Pierce Brosnan is playing the world's fittest 80 year old. If you were lucky enough to reach 80 years of age in 1915's cattle ranch Texas you wouldn't look like Brosnan's 63 going on 55.Hope it get's better, the bones are there!